NYC pol wants to mandate jail lawsuit reports

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito will introduce a bill to require two reports a year that show lawsuits against the Correction Department.

As she looks for ways to shut down Rikers Island, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito wants to shed more light on troubles inside the city’s jails by mandating public reports on lawsuits against the Department of Correction.

Mark-Viverito is set to introduce a bill next week to require two reports a year detailing how many lawsuits the department has been slapped with and how they were resolved.

They’d also have to list the name, rank, and years of service of individual correction officers who get sued — and flag whether they’ve been hit with other civil actions, revealing potential problem guards who get sued the most.